Growing up in New England I had no idea what a persimmon was. As far as I was concerned, apples, pears, peaches, nectarines--these were the fruits of fall. It wasn't until I visited Northern ...

The Washington Post Food section staff recently answered questions about all things edible. Here are edited excerpts from that chat: Q: A neighbor always gives us homemade persimmon freezer jam. Any ...

I’ll admit it — I hadn’t tried a persimmon until this year. When a few showed up in my weekly produce box, I wasn’t entirely sure what to do with them. Were they meant to be eaten raw or cooked? Did I ...

Q: I made persimmon jam, but it has no flavor. What can I do next time to make it tasty? A: The first step toward making a more flavorful jam is making sure the persimmons are ripe. And you’re in luck ...

“Persimmons look and taste like the fall season,” says Rachel Sullivan, the farm assistant at Frog Hollow Farm, a Brentwood, California, farm currently in the middle of its annual persimmon harvest.

Ahhh, persimmons — the fruit that everyone has heard of but rarely eaten. Legend says that the seed found within can predict the upcoming winter. (If the kernel is spoon-shaped, expect heavy snow.) It ...

Editor’s note: OPB’s video series “Superabundant” explores the stories behind the foods of the Pacific Northwest. Now we’re taking the same guiding principles to a new platform: Email. We’ve brought ...

These Linzer cookies with persimmon filling were one of the five favorites of the Los Angeles Times’ seventh Holiday Cookie Bake-Off in 2017. For Alice Nishimoto, these Linzer cookies are a creative ...

You don’t have to spend more than a year or two in Sonoma County before you’re rewarded with a unique sight. Some late autumn morning, after the brightly colored leaves have fallen from someone’s ...

On cold mornings when nothing seems to go right, few things are as comforting as warm bread, a thick layer of butter and a ...

When the seasons change from summer to fall, persimmon trees begin to burst with gorgeous, bright orange fruit. Their autumn colors just shout “Fall is here!” Your farmers’ market booths will begin to ...

Have you ever eaten something for the first time, only to wonder why you’d never given the morsel a second thought? This is precisely what happened with a lowly little persimmon that found its way to ...